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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:29 PM Original message |
Cat Lovers! Ethical question concerning declawing. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just get a scratching post...and cat nip. |
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Maine-i-acs (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Get a good scratching post instead. |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Clarification |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. If you absolutely have to get them declawed.... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:49 PM Original message |
Then go for no cats. Why get an animal just to mutilate it? |
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gWbush is Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't get them at all. |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't like the idea of perfectly healthy animals being destroyed |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Put that way, the answer is simple |
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corarose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Our bldg. required it before I could move in |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Here's the best idea: |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And 2 animals would die |
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gWbush is Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. bullshit |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Not Bullsh*t |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Wrong. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. That's a nice myth perpetuated by cat collectors actually. |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:59 PM Original message |
You are living in a dream world if you think every shelter in America... |
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TexasMexican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. ugggh. |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't get them |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Neuter yes, declaw no. |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Very good point |
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OldSoldier (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Chuckle... |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. its not unethical to declaw them |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Well you don't need your fingernails for anything, can we rip them out |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. You keep believing that |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Oh what's a few weeks or months of PAIN so long as the cats don't |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 04:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Bullshit |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. I must be a horrible animal abuser. |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. declawing is NOT humane |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 05:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. And what exactly do cats use their "fingers" for? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wait! Isn't there a third way? |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Get Nail Tips |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. I've seen those! |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. It's a Two-Person Operation |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wrap her scratching block in sisal, not upholstery |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. My 2 cats were declawed before I got them.... |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Concerning last question |
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Booberdawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't agree with anyone here that declawing is unethical |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. yup, front claws ONLY |
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Booberdawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. yes, inside kitties. spoiled so rotten they stink too. |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. I agree with Booberdawg. |
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idontwantaname (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. nail tips?!... what next? sweater vest? |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Adopt cats that have already been declawed |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Me too! My Muffin was 6 and declawed as a kitten when I rescued her |
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corarose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. Check this website out |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. I have to agree |
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mmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Get two cats that have already been de-clawed, simple as that: |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Get The Cats and Do What You Have To |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. Thanks for all replies so far and |
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Zenaholic (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. Cats with claws kill birds... |
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TexasMexican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I disagree |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Cars, cat haters, feline leukemia, feline AIDS.... |
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TexasMexican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Shakespeare |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. "better to have enjoyed a shorter life of more freedom....." |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. So, what, "It's better to burn out, then to fade away?" |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. My pound kitty was declawed before I got her |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. I have the same problem with my mom |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Scratching posts help a bunch! |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 04:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. The appoinment's already been made |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. Declawing a cat is mean. I did it to my old cat and... |
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corarose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. CAT TIPS GUYS! |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. Stickypaws |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
54. we use "SoftPaws" glue-on claw caps. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. YES, here is their website. They WORK and you don't have to mutililate |
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TEXASYANKEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
59. I'm sorry your wife feels this way. |
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bratcatinok (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
61. My cats are |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'll Bet DUers Can Find You 2 Declawed Kitties |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
65. did it once - won't do it again |
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wysimdnwyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
66. Wow, lots of responses on this one! |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 05:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Agree 100%. |
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wysimdnwyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 05:43 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Good guess! |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. Get an already-declawed kitten. |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. Get the cats, but I can't say much, my furniture is fried!!!! n/t |
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marigold20 (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
71. Can't do it |
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TheZoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. I can't even think of doing that to my kids |
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lynx rufus (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
73. declaw a cat, go to hell |
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Myra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
74. Don't get cats if you're only going to mutilate them! |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
75. Have you considred a tendonectomy? |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
76. Better a live cat...but we have cats, and no issues. Here's how.... |
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WWW (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-03 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
77. Do you have kids? |
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